Concering Album 2000 [pay00] -
National Flag. CSW/--- 1:2 - The construction details that are
shown around the edges of the image are quite suspicious, unless
I have made a mistake counting on fingers myself. The horizontals
stripse are of equal width, there is no doubt about that, but
vertical division is given as 2+4, i.e. the triangle height is
suposed to be 1/3 of the length. Judging from all the pictures I
have seen that is entirely wrong - the triangle seems to be of
equal sides (i.e. the height is sqrt(3)/2).eljko Heimer, 7 February 2001

Smith (1975) [smi75b]
reported: "The golden sands of the 700 Bahamian islands are
reflected in the centre of the flag, while the aquamarine stripes
bring to mind the various shades of ocean waters around those
islands. The black triangle indicates the unity of the
Bahamian people in their determination to develop the resources
of both land and sea."
This seems a bit "embroidered" to me, and given the
fact that the flag was fairly new in 1975 when the book was
published (and probably brand new when he actually wrote it), I
wonder whether Bahamians still see these aspirations in their
flag?Rob Raeside, 12 March 2001

In the absence of any official statistics, I have looked at
all the available official images I could find, and must agree
that the flag should have an equilateral triangle.
This, I calculate, would give 10-10-10 at the hoist, and 13-17
across the top thus confirming the revised figures shown in the
Album.Christopher Southworth, 29 April 2009

The protocol manual for the
London 2012 Olympics
(Flags and Anthems Manual
London 2012 [loc12]) provides recommendations
for national flag designs. Each
NOC
was sent an image of the flag, including the
PMS shades, for their approval by LOCOG. Once this was obtained, LOCOG produced
a 60 x 90 cm version of the flag for further approval. So, while these specs may
not be the official, government, version of each flag, they are certainly what
the NOC
believed the flag to be.
For Bahamas: PMS 312 blue, 115 yellow and black. The vertical version is simply
the flag turned through 90 degrees clockwise.Ian Sumner, 10 October 2012

The photo at
http://www.flickr.com/
and accompanying caption would suggest that at least one beach in the Bahamas
uses a safety flag system with four flags:
Yellow: Exercise caution
Yellow/Red diagonal: Strong surf; exercise extreme caution (in contrast to the
use of such flags in AU/NZ/GB)
Red: Hazardous surf; no swimming
White with swimmer and red crossed circle: Beach closed, no access.
The extent of the swimming area is marked by buoys, not flags.Jonathan Dixon, 18 September 2010